Caserio on trade: We thought it made sense

FOXBORO -- The Patriots will wait another day before adding players to their roster, but they will have more chances to do that than they had previously.

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PAUL KENYON
Posted Apr. 26, 2013 @ 12:28 am

FOXBORO _ The Patriots will wait another day before adding players to their roster, but they will have more chances to do that than they had previously.

New England decided not to use its 29th pick in the NFL draft Thursday night and instead traded it to Minnesota, which used it to take Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson.

In turn, the Pats received the Vikings second-round pick (52nd overall), third (83rd), fourth (102) and seventh (229).

``We had conversations with a few teams. This was an opportunity that we thought made sense for us,'' said Nick Caserio, the Pats' player personnel director. ``It's an opportunity to all more players to our team. We feel there are a lot of good players that are still available.

``We thought it made sense for our football team. That's why we did what we did,'' Caserio said.

The move jumps the number of choices for the Pats in the draft from five to eight. New England now had two seconds (52, 59), two thirds (83, 91), a fourth (102) and three sevenths (226, 229, 235).

``We were ready to pick. We had a few players that we actually had in mind that we were going to take about to consider picking,'' Caserio said. ``Then we decided to make the move that we did.